Mayor in Oneida County hit by car, taken to hospital with injuries

Yorkville, N.Y. -- The mayor of the village of Yorkville was injured when he was hit by a car while crossing the street Thursday morning, the Oneida County Sheriff's Office said.

Around 7 a.m. Thursday Mayor Anthony Leone was crossing Oriskany Boulevard at Main Street in a crosswalk in the village of Yorkville, near Utica.

A car driven by Suzzanne Marineau, 50 of Ava, was trying to make a left from Main Street onto Orikany Boulevard when she hit Leone in the crosswalk, the sheriff's office said. Leone was taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital by Kunkel Ambulance where he was treated for a dislocated shoulder and back pain.

Marineau was ticketed for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. She is scheduled to appear in Yorkville Village Court at a later date.